Our Best Result of the Season So Far….
Eagles 60 – 16 Thunderbirds 8
24 November Wellington College
Q1 - An intercept by Keira straight off the first centre pass of the match leads to our first goal and we are off. A second quickly follows with some great passing down the court from Amelie to Izzy and into the circle for Grace to score again. The girls are fighting for every ball applying great pressure to the opposition. Nya, Georgia and Keira are really strong in defence, continually turning the ball over and sending it back down the court. Some great movement in the circle by Sophie and Grace to get the balls means the goals keep coming and at the end of the quarter Eagles are 13-3 up.
Q2 - Lottie replaces Grace at GS and Helena replaces Amelie at Centre.
The girls again get off to a flying start with a goal from Lottie in the first 30 seconds of the quarter. Some silly mistakes and off sides mean at times the girls are making it harder for themselves than they need to but they continue fighting and the goals come again after a 5 minute baron patch. Nya and Georgia, now aided by Helena, continue with some impressive interceptions in defence to prevent Thunderbirds from scoring and the girls work hard to make the most of the opportunities. Lottie and Sophie work well together in the circle and despite some tight defence by Thunderbird’s GK and GD continue to score. The quarter ends 25-6 to Eagles.
Q3 - Lottie moves to GA and Grace comes back on at GS. Amelie comes back on at C and Helena moves to WD.
Some lovely fluid play off the first centre pass of the quarter sees the ball go straight down the court from Amelie to Izzy and into Grace to score. A quick turnover of the ball and the girls score again. Defence continues to be strong with all the team fighting for every ball and getting the intercepts, as a result the goals are mounting with Thunderbirds struggling to score for the first half of the quarter. The girls are making good use of all the court to change the direction of play and some great ball placement by Izzy and Amelie into the circle and lovely holding of positions by Lottie and Grace in the D, all result in more goals. A superb flying intercept by Nya results in another goal and Eagles have their strongest quarter yet ending 44-10.
Q4 - Lottie moves to WA. Keira comes back on at GD and Sophie at GA.
Once again Eagles score straight from the off with a lovely goal by Sophie. The girls have lost some of their focus though and are making hard work of things with some scrappy play and careless passing. Keira and Nya work hard in the circle making Thunderbirds work hard for their first goal of the quarter. A lovely intercept from Keira off Thunderbirds centre pass is wasted and the girls have to work to win the ball back. This seems to focus minds and once again they are back on track with two quick goals in succession. Continued pressure from all the girls and a return to some of the fluid play seen in previous quarters means the score begins to build again with Eagles looking to surpass their 52 of last week. All the girls continue fighting to the end, some great intercepts by Helena in the last few minutes gets the ball back down our end for the girls to keep scoring.
Final result Eagles 60 - 16 Thunderbirds
Our best result yet this season with every single member of the team working hard to secure the win. Keira is named Player of the Match.
